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For the integration of states, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had to travel across the country.

Much to his surprise , a young girl in her early 20s from Bangalore was often one of the pilots for his flights and soon became his close friend.

She would go into history as the first ImageImageImage
Indian lady pilot of independent India.

The life story of #UshaSundaram is divided into 2...
One as an expert Pilot & another as a compassionate mother for animals.

Will briefly explore both in this thread 🧵.

The year was 1946 when couple Usha Sundaram and V Sundaram
arrived in Bangalore and began their married life in the Garden city. They lived in a small bungalow on St Marks Road. A qualified pilot, Sundaram joined as the Director of Civil Aviation for the princely State of Mysore and in a few years, also became the principal of the
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